Detectives investigating the on-going gang war activity known as Operation Portaledge have made two more arrests bringing the total number to 57.
On Monday, 18 August, 2025, officers arrested and charged a 25-year-old man and a 26-year-old man in connection with multiple offences in Edinburgh.
They were charged in connection with an attempted wilful fire-raising of a property on Barnton Avenue on Sunday, 17 August, 2025, the wilful fire-raising of a premises on Gorgie Road and the attempted wilful fire-raising of a vehicle on Gorgie Road on Monday, 18 August.
Both men appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday, 19 August, 2025.
